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Good growth, decent economics, below average politics. School system above average.

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St. Charles, Missouri. Good family place. - 11/29/2010

Good growth, decent economics, below average politics. School system above average.[read more...]

St. Charles - 11/7/2010

Great place to work and live. [read more...]

Good Quality of Life - 4/6/2009

Even in these distressed time the area remains stable with a good quality of life.[read more...]

looking to move - 11/3/2008

I am looking for some unbiased opinions on the best area to live in surrounding St Louis. We wil be relocating from Cali form a town of 50,000[read more...]

Decent Place to live - 10/24/2008

We have lived here for going on 7 years and it is a decent place to live. We rent because most of the houses are higher than what we would care to pay for now but prices are coming down. If it wasn't for the snow n cold weather it would be a great place to live. I have arthritis and my wife is Filipina so cold doesn't really agree with either of us. Plenty of jobs and fine Churches also.[read more...]

Beautiful small town - 3/23/2008

I live in St. Charles now for a year and it is really a nice and beautiful small town with a historical downtown area and many restaurants and places to go. Crime rate is low, especially compared to the nearby St. Louis area. Weather is usually nice, except the fact that it gets very hot in the summer. Winters are mild. A lot of festivals. I like it here.[read more...]

Get out of MISSOURI As Soon as You can.......OR EL - 1/25/2008

I wish I could say good things about Missouri but I can't. To make a long story short, I have lived there all my life and have found it to be one of the worst if not the worst place to live. Missouri is a non progressive and backward going state if I have ever seen one; every negative comment you have read is true. The economy is in shambles at best(to put it mildly) and it is a highly segregated place to live. Blacks on one side- of the Blanchette Bridge- Whites on the other. Jobs and companies are leaving Missouri in flocks and for several years between 2001-2006 Missouri lead the way in the most jobs lost in the country (unemployment is high as hell). If you don't want to grow then this the place for you; I promise you will remain stagnated. My husband and I both have College degrees (Several of them)and could not even find jobs decent enough to pay student loans. The offers I received were so low I was better off staying at home with my child. The jobs are EXTEMELY low paying ( I have never seen such). Anyone that lives there that had anything nice worked at CHRYSLER, GM, or FORD and now that those are no more you are really seeing the economic backlash. Needless to say my husband and I finally decided after many years we'd had enough. We applied for jobs in Chicago and were picked up instantly. Within 6 months of moving from Missouri we trippled our Gross Income and I do mean Trippled. We both have professional jobs and have just purhchased a beautiful home outside of Aurora. It would have NEVER happened in Missouri. I am writing this for anyone contemplating the decision to leave (especially if your still too young to throw your future away). Just do It. I did and I love Chicago; it's diverse, it's huge and so educational. No matter how old you are black or white there is something for you in Chicago, you will never do it all. I WILL NEVER MOVE BACK TO MISSOURI under any circumstances. It's boaring, it's broke and it's segregated and the local government could care less. You wont make enough to even get by; do yourself a favor LEAVE. It will be hard at first but trust me it will pass:)[read more...]

nice place to live - 6/7/2006

Housing average price is about 160000. Hot, humid summers but not for too long. winters are usually mild but seems always one week of below zero temps.[read more...]